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Every hundred thousand years or so, a large asteroid or comet hits the Earth. The explosive force of the impact sends tons of material into the air and punches a big hole in the crust. We don't see a lot of these old craters, however, because Earth is a dynamic environment -- wind, water, and tectonic plate shuffling constantly changes the appearance of the surface. Over time, many impact craters become altered or buried deep underground.
One such buried crater is underneath Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. Carved out 35 million years ago, the crater now can only be accessed by intensive drilling. In November, Aaron Gronstal, a microbiology student at the Open University in the United Kingdom, visited a drilling project at the Chesapeake crater. His goal: to discover what sort of microbes may now live deep underground in the ancient impact environment. This portion of his journal is the final part of a 4-part series.
Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3
Crater Diary, Part 4
Marking a Milestone
November 21, 2005
Today was a rainy day on the eastern shore, although the heavy rains that had been forecast never came. Instead, we were covered by a thick gray haze that dripped steadily down and didn't show any sign of dissipating. The weather cast an appropriately dismal atmosphere, as today the core barrel jammed inside the hole. That means the drillers need to bring everything up again and fix the problem before they can dig any further. So drilling is on hold from now until at least midnight. You could say the bad weather has brought with it a string of bad luck, but the truth is these are typical problems that occur when drilling.
In the biologists' corner, we're hoping that as long as they're removing the barrels, we'll be able to get a pump down and take a water sample from inside the crater. It may not be possible, however, if part of the hole is clogged.
In the absence of work, the researchers are trying to come up with activities to keep everyone occupied. Currently, the residence is full of sleeping 'night-shifters,' so the television is off-limits. Unfortunately, I've finished reading the book I brought with me -- "The Satanic Verses," by Salman Rushdie. I had been avoiding reading it until now -- when I was a student at the University of California at Berkeley, it was the book everyone was doting over. In the end they were right, it's fantastic.
The rain prevents walks through the woods or along the beach. So for me, it looks to be a relaxing day of computer solitaire.
November 22, 2005
We were woken early this morning by blistering winds coming off of Chesapeake Bay. They were so strong, in fact, that the power in the house went out mid-morning, right as I was brewing my pot of coffee. With the street lights out and all the store windows as dark as the low clouds overhead, the drive to the dig site took on an ominous air.
Upon arrival, however, our mood was quickly lifted by two groups of high school students on a geology field trip. Although the night shift had passed an uneventful night with no cores, all the young and interested minds wandering about the trailer kept our spirits high. The students were on site most of the day, learning about asteroid impacts and the drilling project first-hand, and they offered us a welcome departure from the normal routine. Scientists are always happy to discuss their projects, and a few of the researchers here have a knack for chatting enthusiastically for hours and hours.
The drill became active again shortly after our arrival today, and the bit was being lowered into the hole as we drove up. The promise of finally getting back to work on the cores offered additional relief from the dreary weather.
Today was my last full day on the drill site, so I was especially anxious to get more biology samples before leaving tomorrow morning. The first few cores to come up after changing the drill bit, however, were nothing but mud and rocks that had fallen into the hole when the core barrel was removed. We were told that there could be around 60 feet of this material to dig through before we make it back down to the bottom of the hole. This, of course, meant that we might not see a new core before midnight.
It was almost the end of our shift when we got some good news. A new core had been brought to the surface. It's small and consists of hard, packed quartz, but it's a new core nonetheless. I decided to stay late into the night and wait for the next core, to try to get one more biology sample before I leave.
But the next core to make it to the surface was again composed of hard, packed rock, so it wasn't possible to take a biology sample. It's disappointing, but at least the drilling is continuing and we're slowly pushing closer to the 'mile deep' mark for the hole. I'm now heading home to get some sleep before leaving for D.C. in the morning.
November 23, 2005
In my last few hours on the eastern shore, after leaving the residence I stopped by the drill site to check their progress. More cores had made it up last night, and they're fantastic. The drill passed through quartz and rock, and is now back into more sandy material.
A new group of researchers has been trained to take over collection of the biology samples, and this means that we can keep getting samples as long as the drilling continues. The other good news is that the hole is now at 5,265 feet, only 15 feet shy of a mile, and the cores are getting larger each time one is brought to the surface.
At the site, I gave the lab one last cleaning and collected my things. The samples that I've collected during my time here were transferred to Styrofoam coolers. They'll be traveling back to D.C. with me, where they'll then be shipped back to my university in England. The next few months of my life will be spent examining this material under a microscope, finally getting a look at what kinds of microbes live deep in the Chesapeake Bay impact crater. It will be many months before our experiments are finished, but eventually they'll tell us a great deal about life in the salty subsurface of this unique environment.
After reaching D.C. and getting my samples into storage at the USGS, I called the drill site to check on their progress. The mile mark was finally passed at around 1pm. I may not have been able to see the 'mile stone' in person, but an email from the site at least lets me enjoy the celebration vicariously though photographs. It's a great achievement for both the researchers and drillers, and knowing that this goal has been reached, I can now sit back and relax on my flight home.
Read Part 1
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Read Part 3
Editor's Note: On December 4, 2005, the crater-drilling project reached a final depth of 5,795 feet (1.1 miles). The team recovered a complete succession of cores from the post-impact sediments above the crater, rocks broken up during the impact, and rocks from the crater floor. Click here to read the USGS announcement.
Earth Impact Database
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THE Knights and Jets said yesterday owner Nathan Tinkler remained unwavering in his commitment to Newcastle's rugby league and soccer teams despite his attempts to sell his horse-racing empire.
The Newcastle Herald reported yesterday that Tinkler tried to raise $200million in June by selling his Hunter Valley-based Patinack Farm racing and breeding operation to Qatari royal Sheikh Fahad Al Thani, the owner of last year's Melbourne Cup winner, Dunaden.
About 350 Patinack thoroughbreds, estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars, will be sold at a reduction sale at the Gerry Harvey-owned Magic Millions on the Gold Coast in October.
The Knights and Jets are operated by Tinkler's Hunter Sports Group company.
Tinkler spokesman Tim Allerton issued a statement yesterday on behalf of Knights chief executive Matt Gidley and Jets counterpart Robbie Middleby, who said the mining and sporting magnate would ensure the region's football flagships remained strong and viable.
''Following media reports today about Patinack Farm's sale of horses as part of its thoroughbred breeding program, there has been some enquiries about potential implications for the Newcastle Knights and Newcastle Jets,'' the statement said.
''This decision to sell the horses has no impact on either club and Nathan Tinkler's commitment to both is unwavering.
''The Tinkler Group acquired both clubs that were in financial crises, extinguished their existing, heavy debt levels and invested considerable funds in them to continue operations and succeed.
''That program remains in place, as is Mr Tinkler's commitment to the Hunter region, to ensure we have two strong football clubs of which the entire Hunter region can be proud.''
Knights chairman Paul Harragon and Knights members club chairman Peter Corcoran did not return calls from the Herald.
Jets advisory board chairman Ray Baartz, interstate on holiday, said he was unaware of the developments concerning Tinkler's racing empire, and declined to comment.
The Herald reported on August 8 that the Knights members club and HSG had agreed to change critical dates in the ownership agreement signed one year earlier, so the members club could still access the $20million bank guarantee that underpins the agreement.
According to that document, dated August 5 last year, HSG must present on December 15 a statement from their auditor to the members club board detailing matters including trading capital, HSG's top-up to meet its annual guaranteed sponsorship of $10million, and funding for the Newcastle Rugby League and for junior development.
The members club then has 20 business days from a January 1 trigger date to access the guarantee, or exercise its buyback option, if the club believes HSG has not met its financial obligations.
HSG and the members club have agreed in principle to change the reporting date to February 15 and the trigger date to March 1, but the agreement is yet to be formally amended and signed by HSG and members club representatives.
The bank guarantee reduces from $20million to $10.3million from January 1 next year, then increases annually from January 1 in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for the remaining eight years of the agreement.

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Joakim Garff, an associate professor at the Søren Kierkegaard Research Center at the University of Copenhagen, in a brief preface to his monumental "Søren Kierkegaard: A Biography" (translated from the Danish by Bruce H. Kirmmse; Princeton; $35), states that "the Danish biographies of Kierkegaard that have appeared since Georg Brandes's critical portrait was published in 1877 can easily be counted on the fingers of one hand, and Johannes Hohlenberg's biography from 1940 is the most recent original work in the field." Garff's compendious yet lively work is undeniably a Danish biography; it assumes on the part of its readers a prior acquaintance with, say, the poetry of Adam Oehlenschläger and the intellectuality of King Christian VIII, a firm sense of what the rix-dollar could buy in the eighteen-forties, and a Copenhagener's inherent familiarity with the saga of his world-famous, locally notorious fellow-townsman Magister Søren Aabye Kierkegaard.
The Kierkegaardian tempest needed Copenhagen's teapot. In the years of the great Dane's short and not entirely unhappy life, from 1813 to 1855, Copenhagen still had its medieval walls and numbered about a hundred and twenty-five thousand residents—one resident for every three of this exhaustive tome's nearly four hundred thousand words. Kierkegaard was born in the little city and died there, and left Denmark only five times, once, on a day trip, to Sweden, and repeatedly to Berlin, where, after an initial sojourn spent attending lectures, he usually holed up in rented rooms and relentlessly wrote. Though he complained of "the costly amusement . . . of being an author in Denmark," he left a rapturous page of praise for the Danish language, "a language that understands jest fully as well as earnestness; a mother tongue that captivates its children with a chain that 'is easy to bear, yes, but hard to break!' " What he wrote about, in a dozen hectic years, under his own name and a welter of pseudonyms, was himself, a singular being tricked up in many alter egos and attacked from many angles, not only examined but cross-examined, an intricately guilty defendant on trial. One wonders if Kierkegaard could have found his existence so absorbingly important if he had been born into a larger city, where the edges of his ego might have frayed into the general fabric of indifference. A satirical caricature in the Copenhagen magazine The Corsair, published at the height of his local celebrity, shows him standing at the center of a revolving belt of stars, everyday objects, prominent Copenhagen structures, and the sun itself. The caption reads:
There are moments when one's ideas become confused and one thinks that Nicolas Copernicus was a fool when he maintained that the earth revolved around the sun. On the contrary, the heavens, the sun, the planets, the earth, Europe, and Copenhagen revolve around Søren Kierkegaard, who stands silently in the center and does not even remove his hat for the honor being shown him.
This was no joke; Kierkegaard's great contribution to Western philosophy was to assert, or to reassert with Romantic urgency, that, subjectively speaking, each existence is the center of the universe. He offered himself as a corrective to idealism, from Plato to Hegel:
Now if we assume that abstract thought is the highest manifestation of human activity, it follows that philosophy and the philosophers proudly desert existence, leaving the rest of us to face the worst.
Garff's "labor of love," as he calls it, not only describes the claustral, interlaced coziness of Kierkegaard's milieu but partakes of it. Though assiduous in setting forth, year by year, in many short chapters, the facts, from the philosopher's Jutland ancestors and the variant spellings of his family name to the forlorn auction inventory of his bachelor estate, Garff has a voice of his own—an "informal style and conversational tone," to quote his translator. Garff's informal voice enlists us in the village gossip of Kierkegaard's time. Of his subject at the age of twenty-two, he tells us, "Everyone could see that Søren Aabye needed a change of atmosphere both mentally and physically. He had to get out of town." Johanne Luise Pätges, the wife of the influential littérateur and tastemaker Johan Ludvig Heiberg, is cattily described as "a goddess sprung from the proletariat, who at the age of thirteen had become the object of his distinguished erotic lust and who was now indisputably the leading lady of the Danish stage, the dazzling, bespangled muse of the age." When Kierkegaard, as a young divinity student, is introduced into the Heibergs' circle, we are assured that "the contrast between the pietistic Moravian moderation and simplicity of his family home and the delicate, crystalline sociability of the Heibergs must have been so glaring that it would have required an unusual effort for him merely to stay on his feet." Venturing deeper into Kierkegaard's head, Garff characterizes his older and more conventional brother Peter Christian as "Goody-goody Peter, Pusillanimous Peter, that conscientious and self-sacrificing person, who, however, was fundamentally a complete neurotic and unfit for life." Energetic metaphors animate disputes and rivalries among the long-dead: "While Møller"—Peder Ludvig Møller, a raffish literary rival—"had wasted his substance on the many bedsheets of Copenhagen, Kierkegaard gathered his own into his trusty silver pen, which released its contents with bold virtuosity onto sheets of paper that will survive even the forgetfulness of history." Or, in an even more aggressive metaphor, "Kierkegaard's critique of cultivation . . . has here been transformed into a theological torpedo that was guaranteed to collide with the monuments and shrines of cultural Protestantism."


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I have purchased Sylenth1 a while ago however am having registration issues within Windows 8 preview. I still hear the nagging demo mode sound even though my name appears in the Registration info window within the plugin. can anyone else confirm this and will there be a fix in the future?
Hi Chris,
In the beginning I experienced the same kind of problem, but it was solved once i had removed the demo version(s) properly. I use Windows 7, so maybe Windows is indeed the cause but i have some doubts about that.
Hey all,
I had the same issue in Window 7 64 bit, but re-installing a few times fixed the problem. I now have the same issue again on 1 of 2 computers both running Windows 8 Release preview 64-bit. Both computers have the same hardware, software, and were set up at the same time with the same procedures. Re-installing does not work, just spent the entire month trying to figure it out, and I've finally given up. Also, Sylenth causes every DAW I use to eventually crash after a couple of the repeated nagging noises. Based on my experience and other forum posts, it seems to be a somewhat random problem with Sylenth. Annoying!!!!! Regards,
Die Hard Sylenth Fan
I downloaded the demo for Sylenth1 for my 64-bit PC with AMD Athlon, from LennarDigital's website, but I do not know how to get the program to run. I have FL Studio 10. Can anyone help me out? I would like to buy the Sylenth1 but I need to know that I will be able to run it on my PC first.
Hi Greg,.
You could copy the file to Imageline/FLstudio/Plugins/Fruity/Generators. Then start up FL, go to channels/more and then refresh. Sylenth1 should then be visible under VST1 and 2 plugins. You can then select it within your channels, where you can also find other generators like FL Keys. I have FL 10 and it works fine with Sylenth1. Hope this info gets you started. Kind regards, Steve.
Thank you Steve! I will do that! I really appreciate your help with this.
You're welcome! FL10 can pick VST's from other folders as well, even outside FL. For example within the VST folder in Steinberg. Please let me know if it still doesn't work. Kind regards, Steve.
Hey Steve,.
I got it to work thanks. My friend my Belgium was telling me since I like trance that I should get the Sylenth1 definitive collection, but I did not see it available for download on Lennar Digital's website. Is it an expansion pack for the regular Sylenth1 download?
Within Sylenth1's /menu/check for updates you will see a list of downloadable sounds (presets). But those are not recent (2009 and 2010) and not grouped by genre. I don't know the 'definitive collection'. There are many presets or pathes packages for sale, most of them by genre. For examples at Loopmasters (Trance Sylenth1 patches) or at Samplemagic. All those sounds can be created by yourselve, by trail and error, but these patches may save you a lot of time. And patches can also helpfull in learning how these sounds were created, especially with Sylenth1 were you can quickly see all the setting. Adding some drumsamples might also be a way to save time when it comes to adding a good kick drum, drumloops, risers, bombs, etc. There several nice "the making of" or "in the studio with" video's on Youtube which have FL and Sylenth1 in it, for example one featuring AVICII. It may not be everyone's cup of tea, but these vids can give useful insight in using FL, Sylenth1, etc. Kind regards, Steve.
Wow you would not want to say anything negative about Sylenth or you'd get your fingers slapped. If everyone raves about it would that be a reason not to buy because it's too common or sought after?
Sylenth is a great synth, but I don't really find the time to use it enough anymore. Would anybody be interested in buying my license from me?
What are you asking? Is your licence for the latest version (v2.2)?
I bought it in 2010, so I believe that is v2.2, correct? It would be nice to get 125 USD for it, and then there's the 10 Euro license transfer fee that needs to be paid. So it would come to...well, that just depends what country you're in ;) 125 USD + 10 Euro = Acceptable?
@CJRunner. If you're still looking to sell your license, I'd be interested in purchasing it if you were willing to go cheaper. Let me know if you're still interested in selling.
I wouldn't sell this piece of software - this is a real treasure.
I tried almost every existing plugin - free / commercial - and Sylenth1 is still in the top10.
So if you try to sell it, I bet you will find a buyer almost immediately :)
i wanted to know if i can put a sylenth and then create any channels and connect to this sylenth.
or do i have any time i create a channel to create another sylenth for each channel.
i'm working with nuendo or cubase.
thanks guyz.
Hi, i'm not sure if i understand your question right, but if you choose Sylenth as (one of the) VST(s), a channel is created automatically. You can also asign the synth to a specific channel (usually by 'replacing' something else) or 'clone' (= copy, including settings of the other one) the thing.
Each channel can (later) be assigned to a specific mixerchannel and there you can add (additional) 'effects'.
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Celebrating the Life of Muhtar Katırcıoğlu
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As 2013 came to an end, we said goodbye to Muhtar Katırcıoğlu, a good friend of ours and a strong supporter of Slow Food, who sadly passed away.
We first met Muhtar in the late 1990s, as we were putting together the international jury for the Slow Food Award. We were looking for jurors who were experts in their countries, and their task was to provide nominations for the award. The aim of the award was to give visibility and reward those farmers, fishers, researchers, chefs and professionals that were working to save even the tiniest piece of biodiversity. Muhtar perfectly matched the juror profile. He was born in 1928 in Egypt of Turkish background and graduated from the English School of Cairo. His first trip to Turkey was for a stint at the military academy, after which he went to England for one year in preparation for university. He studied politics, economics and philosophy at Merton College at Oxford, and completed his post-graduate studies in agricultural economics. He returned to Turkey to do his military service, after which he worked for various companies like Ford, Unilever, Singer and Shell. Shell, in fact, was his last contact with the sales and marketing environment. He retired early, following the petroleum crisis of the 1970s and decided to set up a company to deal with his true passion: antique maps and prints. This was his "job-hobby" when we met him. His vast and deep knowledge of geography, cuisine, gastronomy, agriculture and his love for Turkey and its inhabitants (beginning with his wife, Julia, whose intelligence, culture and grace remain in our memories of our visits) made him one of our main points of reference in this beautiful country. When informed of the news, Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini claimed that "our movement has lost a bright, refined and cultured person who played a pivotal role to establish and develop the Slow Food network in Turkey." Rest in peace, Muhtar. We are forever grateful for what you have taught us.
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No more quality care!
Posted by Windythepoo on 10/12/2009
ELLSWORTH, MAINE -- My husband and I have always been true, faithful GM buyers. Now we what we have gone through we are trying to trade in our truck and going to buy Ford. To give little history about our truck, we bought the truck new and from day one we have nothing but problems. Tell me that brake pads need to be replaced every 23,000. miles. The rotors glazed at the same mileage and we were told it was normal because new brake pads materials they were made from. We have a 97 Camry and it has 247,000. miles and it has had two sets of brake pads and no new rotors and spends less time being fixed.
You buy new to have dependable transportation. WE are angry and We have been fighting it out at the dealership.
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Posted by dan gordon on 2009-10-12:
I'm sorry but if your getting 23k out of a set of brakes I don't see what the major issue is? Is that the major repairs that would make you switch cars? Brakes are a wear item and turning rotors is a very common thing on new cars. How do we know how you drive it?
Posted by JR in Orlando on 2009-10-12:
Maybe they rest their foot on the brake pedal, or brake too lightly for too long, all of which will wear brake pads. Maybe they pull a trailer or boat, or haul heavy loads putting more demand on the brake system. Also, I believe there is a break in period for brakes pads where they suggest harder braking at first to clean the chemical coating off the pads.
Posted by Anonymous on 2009-10-12:
stick with the Toyota's,you'll be glad you did
Posted by Anonymous on 2009-10-12:
How do you know that a Ford truck will be better on the breaks? Toyota or Nissan will definitely be of higher quality.
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Posted by PepperElf on 2009-11-08:
train ++
my toyota has awesome breaks.
the ford i use to have had crap breaks
Posted by MrTruth on 2009-11-08:
hi iam suprized by hearing replace brackes for 23000 miles in Gm Vehicles
WE Bout a Problem in 2008 a Brand New Problem From GM. In my Dam New GM Chey Just done 18000 miles is in service center for 2 to 4 times a month for every 3000 miles for every 2000 miles to 5000 miles the Disc Bracs has to be Replased to new one. keep on spenting money for this & My vehicle even has Piston Slapsing with Over noise Engine in cabin Problem but GM dos not provide records for spare replase & GM replases Secon Hand Spare Parts in New vehicle iam suffering a lot we cant use this vehicle Gm is a GangTheves
GM is a Dam___________ Gm is tastind the flavour of Consumers Blood in money forme
we should
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Historically Poor Reliability w/ 6 Vehicles
Posted by A Marc on 02/15/2011
1995 Lumina: Purchased new. Blew a head gasket at 50k.
1996 Monte Carlo: Purchased new. Blew head gasket at 60k. Recurrent PCV valve problems.
1996 Pontiac Firebird: Purchased new. Over 7k in repair costs at just over 100k miles. Too many problems to list. Mostly electrical. Failing suspension, emissions systems, and transmission (excluding everything already repaired or replaced).
2003 Silverado: Purchased new. Failed emissions systems. 3k in repair at just over 100k miles.
2004 GMC Sierra: Purchased new. Engine replacement at 100,938 miles. Oil pump problem caused internal engine damage. Fuel pump has also been replaced in addition to the engine. 5k in repair costs.
2006 Silverado: Purchased new. Failed fuel pump at 80k miles.
All vehicles in this list were either mine or owned by my family over the past 15 years. All were perfectly maintained over their life and garage kept.
GM has bankrupted, and has poor reliability. Need I say more? You are risking a great deal of time, money, and energy if you are purchasing anything made by GM. Why bother? I will personally never again touch a GM product and actively spread the word about my experience with their vehicles.
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Posted by Alain on 2011-02-16:
I'm not a big fan of GM, but the obvious question here is: Why did you keep buying GM cars?
Posted by spiderman2 on 2011-02-16:
My first car was a Chevy Cavalier in the 80s. I had no problems with it. After various vehicles, I purchased a 2001 Chevy Blazer and it was an unreliable piece of garbage. Lesson learned...no more GM products. Why would you and your family keep purchasing GM vehicles year after year when they consistently are of poor quality?
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No Satisfaction
Posted by Edwards on 12/01/2010
I have a 2006 GMC pickup truck that the warranty has expired, but it has only 35169 miles on it. I took it to the dealer for a tranmission oil leak. While the truck was at the dealer they said the righ front wheel bearing was bad and needed replacement. They also said the rear pinion oil seal was leaking in the drive unit. I had them fix the transmission leak and replace the front hub for a fee of $1853.31, I elected to postpone the rear pinion oil seal repair to later. I contacted GM customer service and explained the proplems I had and I thought they should pay for the repairs because I felt they were defective parts. I've never had any of these problems before at 35169 miles. GM has agreed to pay for the pinion oil seal repair, but will not pay for the transmission repair and front wheel bearing. These are all drive train parts. Gm representative said the cost was too high. I am very disatisfied with GM and I don't plan to buy another GM product in the future, after driving their trucks for 50 years of my life. I thought the cost of the truck was too high at close to $38000.00 dollars too, but I thought I was getting a good product. WRONG!
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Posted by werelucky on 2010-12-01:
The company you bought your truck from went out of business. It's not hard to wonder why.
Posted by bitten once on 2010-12-04:
File a lawsuit as they still advertise a 100,000 mile warranty.but I'M done with them too!
Posted by manuel rodriguez on 2011-06-17:
i bought 2 2006 sierra's had an accident and totalled the first on at about 4 months, went back and bought another for about the combined total of 60k and this is falling apart- will never purchase another gm product. ok by the way it went back to the shop 4 or five times with no satifaction should have claim lemon law on it while could have!
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Should have been a recall
Posted by Denny802 on 11/09/2010
A letter (allegedly) was sent to the owners of these vehicles dated Nov.2007 stating:if you own one of these vehicles equipped with a 6.6L Duramax diesel engine you may experience service engine soon light illumination, low engine power, hard start, and/or fuel in crankcase, requiring injector replacement. Later in the letter is states,"This is not a recall. Do not take your vehicle to your dealer as a result of this letter unless you believe that your vehicle has the condition as described above". A "special coverage adjustment-injectors-replace dated Dec.8,2009 #04039C" was issued to dealers. It stated that an extended warranty would cover cost for seven years (from the date the vehicle was first placed in service) or 200,000 miles whichever came first.
My vehicle,2003 Silverado HD 2500 has never had any of these symptoms until I left Vermont headed for Florida. We reached N. Carolina and refueled only to see billows of blue smoke coming from the tailpipe. The long and short of the story is we never received this letter, we never had any hard start, loss of power or fuel in crankcase. Our mileage was 107,000, about half of what the warranty covered but we were 90 days over the seven year period. (I guess if you were unfortunate enough to have bought a 2001 vehicle in 2000 your time would have been up when and if you got the letter dated Nov. 2007) In any event GM was not to be moved in any way to help, even partially, on the $5,000.00 bill. Aren't we all glad to have bailed out GM when they were down and out?
Also if you are in the category of trucks mentioned save yourself some money if you can but don't ask to see or take the spent fuel injectors with you after the repair, the dealer will not let you have them. They must be returned to one of two places. The special notice to dealers states "wait until the warranty claim is paid to determine the location to which the injectors must be returned"
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Posted by Anonymous on 2010-11-10:
even had you received the letter, you said yourself that your vehicle had never had a problem. You still would have been outside of the warranty period by 90 days.
I understand you are upset about needing to fix your vehicle, but even with the letter you would have been unable to get them to help.
Posted by PepperElf on 2010-11-10:
not to mention the OP stated the vehicle didn't have the symptoms
would this letter even apply then?
Posted by jackiedavis87 on 2010-11-20:
regardless GM couldn't make a vehicle if god gave them the blueprints himself. i'm really sorry your haveing this problem i know the feeling you should check out my GM review of my cobalt
Posted by sgeorge on 2010-12-31:
GETIN LINE, i have an 01 with deisel and duramax, persistant brake problems, total rip out and redo of everything brake related, NHTSA got involved,Cost $3000 to fix, brake lines burst, calipers failed, ABS and master cylinder had to be replaced BEFORE 40K miles!! professional GRADE MY ASS!!
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Left stranded with a week old truck.
Posted by Shouldvewentford on 06/12/2010
I was a proud new owner of a GMC 2010 Sierra, until the power steering pump failed 9 days after I purchased it, with 898 km on it (Purchased May 15, 2010 and it failed on May 24, 2010). Oddly enough, I was at a GM dealership when it broke down looking for a new car for my girlfriend, but it was a holiday Monday and they weren't open. I called on star and they said they would arrange a tow truck for me (but since I was at a dealership, I declined the initial offer.) I did request a taxi or rental vehicle, and the operator told me that the people responsible for that portion of the service do not work holidays and they did not have authority to authorize anything. So with "arm strong steering" I drove the truck back to my house to get my stuff out of the truck and had them pick it up with a tow truck. Then to add insult to injury, I had to beg my girlfriend's parents to take her back home (which is 120km round trip) plus I needed to get something from the store and on the way back I was caught in a rain storm. The next morning I had to take a $20 taxi to work but the driver didn't have a receipt book to give me a record of the expense.
GM did fix the truck the next business day, but it did not resolve my issue of being stranded with out transportation, which in my mind is contradictory to the advertising they promote for 24/7 roadside assistance and Customer Courtesy Vehicle Program (which turns out they do not take responsibility for but promote it like crazy). It seems it is in violation of Alberta's Fair Trading Act and Regulations.
I sent emails, letters, and had a few phone calls with the useless, and unsympathetic customer call center, and am left with the impression that GM Canada does not care about its customers after you send them the cheque. I was going to return the truck (after 10 days of ownership)to the dealership but they said if I did they would consider it a used truck and that I would not receive a full refund for the poorly constructed, unreliable vehicle that was manufactured by an unscrupulously corrupt government owned organization. I had honest and fair belief that by buying a vehicle with the road side assistance package that I would have access to emergency transportation regardless of a civic holiday, 3 in the morning or 1 in the after noon. Based on the opinion of my co-workers, friends, and associates, they would have been under the same false assumption that when you buy a GM vehicle that Roadside assistance means something more than a tow truck being dispatched. It makes me concerned that if I broke down outside of town, would have I been able to get back home? Tow trucks are not authorized or insured for transporting passengers, so my girlfriend and I would have been left hitch hiking.
CAMVAP and the Alberta equivalent arbitrators were unable to assist as this was a service issue that resides with the Manufacturer and not the dealership. Due to the limited options left to me, its either shut up or sue them for a replacement vehicle or full refund (and I am not considering shutting up yet).
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Posted by Dandylion on 2010-06-12:
Money is everything. Maybe that is why foreign auto manufacturers are gaining in popularity and domestic factories are closing. No customer retention. The only one that suffers is not just the customer but the employees that have to make a living and are under the thumb of the management policies and procedures.
Posted by Hugh_Jorgen on 2010-06-12:
Exactly what is and isn't covered by their roadside assistance program is clearly spelled out in the documentation you received when you bought the truck. Just because you perceived something different doesn't mean GM is responsible for providing that level of service.
Posted by spiderman2 on 2010-06-12:
Don't blame this on the fact that they are now "government motors" they made horrible cars before they were owned by the government too. I had issues with mine soon after purchase and you should count your blessings that they actually fixed it! My advice is save up some money and trade that truck in after a few years. Buy something reliable and you will be much happier!
Posted by Shouldvewentford on 2010-06-12:
Hugh, I respect your input to this, however, in Alberta, there are laws about advertising disclosure, and in this case, I strongly feel that GM Canada is acting with disregard to this act. And, regardless of any contract signed, it cannot supercede the laws. If an organization purposely misleads consumers, it needs to held to task.
Posted by Shouldvewentford on 2010-06-12:
Also, my real intent here is to inform other consumers that if they purchase a gm product and it fails on a Sunday or holiday (1/6 chances) to not expect GM to live up to its contractual obligations.
Posted by Augustus2099 on 2010-08-09:
You know My grandfather never did like GMC hated them with a purple Passion He used to say GMC stands for Get Mechanic Coming.
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2006 Sierra Pick Up a piece of junk
Posted by Big walt on 04/23/2010
I own a 2006 GMC SIERRA. The brakes needed replacing at 32000 miles. Right after the warranty expired, I needed to replace the right front wheel bearing, anew u-joint and the drivers side door handle broke. I fixed the bearing and u-joint problem myself. 2 weeks later the rear transfer case was leaking. I took it to the dealer and they checked the truck out. I was looking for help as to why all of this was happening to a truck with 45000 miles. After looking at my truck, they said the door handle would cost 123.11 and the transfer case 150.40. They also said the I-shaft was bad and that would cost 182.45. I complained about how this could happen to a truck with only 45000 miles on it. All anyone would say is that I am sorry! How about a little help instead of I am sorry!! This is my first and last GM product if nothing is done.
May the best car win- It is not a GM.
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Done With G M C GARBAGE
Posted by on 02/07/2010
I'm done with G M C. Before 30,000 miles I REPLACED fuel pressure regulator, fuel pump, window regulator, E-brake assembly including rotted cables, left speaker and had stereo repaired by Delco 3 times and they never fixed it ! I put 1000 miles on it in the last 2 years, I think I put more miles on it behind a tow truck. At 50,000 miles I started dealing with the speed sensor dilemma. They had a recall to fix it, I believe in 06 only in the salt states and all they do is clean the hub Assembly and put zinc lubricant on it to stop corrosion, lasted 6 months. I had the hubs replaced and cleaned many times, also had to replace all the hydraulic brake lines twice. I go through rotors and brake calipers like crazy. at 67,000 miles the transmission went. I take very good care of my vehicles, this truck is in great shape, but I don't drive it much, I took it out today and I lost my breaks again at 67,437 miles, I just put $500.00 in them 4 months ago .
Over all this truck has been a nightmare my friends and family who owns a 99-03 all have had the same problems with the breaks. The dealership didn't help, G M C corporate didn't care [I spent a lot of time dealing with them ] . This vehicle is very dangerous, unreliable from day one .
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Posted by jackiedavis87 on 2010-11-20:
heres my review of my GM made peice of crap
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Stay Away from GMC Trucks Part II
Posted by BaryG on 01/31/2010
Wrote review about 2006 Sierra becoming a money pit awhile back....What has happened since is not hing short of unbelievable....Took the truck to dealer in January and left at dealer overnight so dealer they could try to diagnose a noise issue that's been ongoing for weeks Wanted them to hear truck from a cold start....No solution that day even though truck was looked over pretty good...Went back about a week later after spotted a heat shield that was loose...Thought it would no big deal to replace one bolt and add a washer to possibly solve the noise problem(metal had rotted away making hole too big) Was told would have to leave the truck so entire heat shield could be removed as it would take a torch to heat up and remove the entire shield just to get a the rotted one Also told the shield bolts would most likely break and then would need new heard cover but then head cover bolts would break and now we are into the engine block, etc.. They stated talking $1000 potential repair bill..I said All that because of one bolt? At one point service coordinator even suggested to just 'rip the shield right off the head' in an effort to solve the noise issue I said that would lead to more problems as heat shield was there to protect other parts...He said most likely...What are you kidding me? They then called over a mechanic whom had looked over truck on previous visit...He took the truck in the back, welded another bold on to old one. Removed it and put new one in with a washer. Total tome about 15 minutes and no charge....To make a long story short it did not solve the noise issue. Went back again and same mechanic tried a few more solutions to to no avail...I'll give this mechanic credit for making a above average effort but the service coordinator has pretty much lost my confidence forever.....Previous year he tried to tell me dealership had mounted a wiring harness underneath the truck side by side with harness that had gone bad... I had asked to see the defective part and he showed me a small section of a really worn harness saying it was mine...Another counter person took it out of his hands saying belonged to a different truck....That's when he changed to the side by side story..A another local garage confirmed later that day that there was only one harness (new one) underneath the truck...What the heck if you don't want to show the worn parts just make something up?....The long and short of it is I no longer trust GM products and my dealer where I bought truck as new. . Hopefully a local garbage can solve this it noise as is still present.....
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Posted by Alain on 2010-02-01:
You might want to try a new shop.
Posted by alex74 on 2010-02-25:
Posted by BaryG on 2010-04-03:
Have even more reasons to NEVER BUY FROM GM AGAIN.....The frustrating now you see it now you don't, noise that my dealer could not diagnose turned out to be the muffler falling apart on the inside.I spent way too much time chasing that one down...GM built it like a tank and the outside but they rot on inside, a lot of good that does...A local transmission shop used a listening device (dealer has same but did not offer to use) and found the noise that kept happening at 1500-1700 rpm range...End result cost over $800 to fix...The muffler itself costs about $550. Are you kidding? The factory muffler did not make it past 59,000 miles. Previous truck had original muffler at 130,000 miles when sold it....So long GM that was your last time your products simply don't hold up past 50,000 miles.
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Product quality/warranty
Posted by Rdmillertym on 05/13/2008
WACO, TEXAS -- In May of 2004, I purchased a new GMC Sierra 4wd estended cab pickup. From the begining I experienced a loud "klunking" noise from the drive train, and contacted the dealership and the factory for repairs.
Long story short -- GM informed me that they and their engineers determined there was nothing wrong with the vehicle even though there were thousands of comaplaints about this same problem.
I then contacted the BBB AUTO LINE claim division and they inturn got on GM's case to the point GM offered me a settlement. That settlement was an extended warranty for the Transmission/drive line/4WD unit for 100,000miles or until 1 June 2012. Based on the contents of that warranty, I accepted there settlement.
Recently I have experienced problems with the 4WD on my Pick up. Expecting that the problem would be covered, I had a dealer in my town repair the problem, and to my surprise -- GM REFUSED TO HONOR THEIR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT!!!!
Repeated phone calls to GM referring them to their own settlement agreement has fell on deaf ears. GM could care less.
My vehicle is now out of the factory warranty peried (36 months/36,000miles), and GM has played the corporate power game with one of there many, many dissatisfied customers.
Even with a valid warranty GM refuses to abide by their terms and conditions....Never again will I purchase a GM vehicle...
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Posted by Aerocave on 2008-05-13:
I'm sorry rdmiller, I don't totally buy your "version" of the events. I suspect there is more to the story.
Posted by Hugh_Jorgen on 2008-05-13:
You can't just authorize repairs and then send the bill to GM and expect them to just send a check.
I am sure if there is an extended warranty for your truck there is a requirement that you contact them BEFORE any repairs are done so they can determine if the failure is a covered part or not.
Extended warranties have very specific terms and conditions and unless they are followed to the letter they won't pay.
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-05-14:
Good post Hugh & Aero, but I can only vote one best answer. OK it's a coin toss, and the winner is .......
Posted by DigitalCommando on 2008-05-14:
There's nothing in this review which suggest dishonesty or unknown events. What part of "I had a dealer in my town repair the problem, and to my surprise -- GM REFUSED TO HONOR THEIR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT!!!!" dont you understand? I have taken vehicles in to several dealerships and the ALL verified warranty coverage with corporate before any work was done. It is not the consumers duty to perform that function when they are at an authorized dealers store. He did not take his vehicle to some 3rd party repair shop, did he?
Posted by Aerocave on 2008-05-15:
What I am saying digital is that most components of the 4WD system would be covered under a "normal" powertrain warranty condition...The poster is claiming that GM won't cover or, as he worded "refuses to honor the settlement agreement"--which I'm telling you, I've been in the business almost 20 years and I guarantee you that GM is not going to suddenly "refuse to honor a settlement agreement"--unless there is a legimatate reason to not cover a repair--which is what I suspect is being left out here.
Posted by kewdo1 on 2008-08-22:
I'd like to know if anyone else has purchased a vehicle from gm only to have the same vehicle go on sale three days later and not be given a grace period to get the new lower price ??
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2006 GMC Sierra-Hunk of Junk
Posted by Dar5001 on 09/11/2007
I own a 2006 GMC Sierra 2500 truck. I am the only owner and bought it one year ago and it has approximately 75,000 km. It has been well looked after with frequent oil changes (synthetic only). The truck has a multitude of problems.
The rear-end is gone, the transmission is leaking in the same place for the 2nd time and apparently the transfer case is knocking. I am very disappointed with the product. At this point the cost of repairs will likely be 15 to 20% of the initial cost of the truck. I feel the product is not only inferior, it is unsafe, unreliable and untrustworthy.
Apparently, none of the problems are under warranty. Also, at this point I do not know when the vehicle will be fixed so I'm making payments on a vehicle that I cannot drive.
It's a shame that a vehicle as expensive as the GMC Sierra needs to have the new 5 year-120,000 warranty, but apparently this is definitely the case for an inferior product.
Buyer beware! Don't buy a GMC! Hunk of Junk!
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Posted by Anonymous on 2007-09-12:
Good info. I do not buy American cars anymore. Tons of quality and reliability issues…
Posted by Skye on 2007-09-12:
I have never owned an American car, nor my husband. Never have problems with our foreign cars. I had a Mazda that was almost 10 years old, and everything was orginal except the tires and battery.
Good review.
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-09-12:
I like BMW…. They are scary fast. You can see them @ my blog.
Posted by thecajungator on 2007-09-18:
I have the same truck and am very unsatisfied too.... I am on the 3rd set of tires at only 38,000 miles ...... I also had numerous issues too...... The Tundra is worth the extra money....
Posted by BaryG on 2010-04-04:
I have a 2006 Sierra 1500 that will be my LAST GM vehicle....Past 50,000 GM vehicles are a roll of the dice in terms of durability & reliable ownership experience.
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